The Get More Smarter Podcast - A Weekly Show About Colorado Politics
The Get More Smarter Podcast is a weekly overview of Colorado politics. The podcast is hosted by seasoned Colorado politicos Jason Bane of ColoradoPols.com and Ian Silverii, former 9News talking head, former Denver Post Columnist, former Executive Director of ProgressNow Colorado, and current has-been. Each week they dive into the local and national news, and for some reason, have had Governors, US Senators, Members of Congress, and countless local elected officials as guests over the years. The guys are also frighteningly good at predicting the future. No, really. Are you ready to Get More Smarter?
Episodes
289 episodes
The Cajun Karate Master (feat. Amanda Gonzalez)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, by the time you hear this the state legislature will be just hours away from adjourning sine die. But because we record on Fridays, you’re going to have to wait a week to get the downlo...
The Primary Election is Coming, but the British are Not
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, with a little less than 70 days left until the Colorado Primary Elections, we wonder…where the hell are all of the ads? Do the candidates know that they ...
Fundraising and Prognostication for the Primary (feat. Christy Powell)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, is Donald Trump the least popular president in history, or just the least popular president in history so far? We dig in to the President’s late...
Where is the Floor? (feat. Dwayne Romero)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Democrats are UP and Pam Bondi is out as the "America Last" President fires yet another member of his cabinet -- one that friend of the pod Joe...
Blame it on Biden
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, as Democrats prepare for their state assemblies you can bet a bunch of lawyers are preparing legal briefs in case their candidates don’t make the ballot ...
Toasting and Un-Toasting the Bread Sandwich (feat. Alex Kelloff)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Bread Sandwich was toast, and now he’s…untoasted as Donald Trump un-undorseses him for the seat he already has in Congress. Then, what would you do w...
Colorado Republicans Have No Confidence in Anything (feat. Evan Munsing)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, by the time you hear this episode we may be at war with Cuba, or Ecuador, or Transylvania, because there is seemingly no country that the FIFA Peace Priz...
The DHS Secretary is Noem More (feat. Joe Neguse and Shannon Bird)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, there’s a lot going on in Colorado and the world this week, so we’ve got two interviews AND a full episode for you! We weren’t at war with Iran when we r...
Why is Inflation? (feat. Manny Rutinel)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, does Colorado have MAGA Democrats? One concerning candidate forum might provide an answer. Then, Donald Trump delivered his first-ish State of the Union address in his second term; what d...
This Goes Out to All You Legislative Lunatics
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of cold hard cash, what does the SCOTUS tariff smackdown mean for Colorado’s 8th favorite member of congress? Then, while President Trump
We May Have Reached Rock Bottoms (feat. Dr. Francisco Rodriguez)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, a Colorado Republican State Representative who will not be the state’s next governor has re-earned his podcast nickname as he proves, once again, that wh...
On a Scale of Zero to Authoritarianism, Where are We Now? (feat. Tom Pepinsky)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the reports of the political insurgency in Colorado Politics appear to have been greatly exaggerated; we check in on how the 2026 primaries are shaping u...
BONUS INTERVIEW: Hetal Doshi, Candidate for Colorado Attorney General
Jason had to take another emergency trip, this time to Greenland to help negotiate the surrender of Rebel Penguin Separatists to the Kingdom of Denmark, so this week you've just got Ian interviewing Hetal Doshi, candidate for the Democratic...
There is No Grand Strategy at Work Here
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, four of the Republican candidates who will neither win the primary nor the general election to become Colorado’s next governor faced off in Weld County f...
Which States Do Best on Gun Violence Prevention? (feat. Jessie Ojeda)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the legislature is back in session, the first big tranche of bills have been filed, and Colorado Democrats are as ready to do the people’s work as Colora...
Right-Wing Wokeism and Your Lying Eyes
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, there’s an old saying that “No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session,” but whoever said that obviously didn’t live in th...
What Are You Going to Do About It, Nerds?
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, HAPPY 2026! It’s an election year, most likely a very good one for the blue team, that is unless we find a way to get in our own way which we very well c...
Pete Hague-Seth and the Affordability Hoax
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the State of Colorado lost a giant after State Senator Faith Winter tragically passed in a car accident, leaving a huge orange and blue void in th...
Affordability!
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Epstein Files bill passed the House and Senate nearly unanimously and was signed into law by Donald Trump. That means that we get to see everything t...
Wow, What a Story! (feat. Andrew Baumann)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we can finally shut up about the shut down as it has met a rather anticlimactic end right in time for the holiday travel crunch, but, the only thing we c...
Unleash the Blue-icane! (feat. Jeff Bridges)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s 2017 all over again, but bigger, better, and BLUE-YER as Democrats from all sides of the spectrum ride an anti-Trump wave to huge win margins across the co...
Colorado Republicans: Also Terrible at Fundraising (feat. Christy Powell)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the money is pouring into primary elections in Colorado, but, really just for one party, can you guess which one? Best friend of the pod Christy Powell is back to break down the third qua...
BONUS INTERVIEW: David Seligman, Candidate for Colorado Attorney General
Jason had to take an emergency trip to Argentina to check on his $20 billion investment in something called an "experiment in Anarcho-capitalism," so this week you've just got Ian interviewing David Seligman, candidate for the Democratic no...
At Least We Haven't Been Shut Down (feat. Trisha Calvarese)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Federal Government Shutdown enters its second-ish week and Democrats seem to have the upper hand, at least so far. Then, can puppy-killer DHS Secreta...
Colorado Republicans Turn to Marxism (feat. Brianna Titone)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the shitdown shutshow or the shutdown shitshow or whatever you want to call it is officially on as Democrats and Republicans in Washington DC fail to reach an agreement on temporary funding and ...